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Associations/Organizations

Communication Law

  • Organization of News Ombudsmen - This site has information about news ombudsmen, or intermediaries between newspaper readers and publishers.
  • Indecency on the Internet: Lessons from the Art World - An essay on the history of legal issues surrounding the regulation of indecency in different communication media. This site contains lots of links to entities mentioned in the essay.
  • The Internet Censorship FAQ - The Internet Censorship FAQ was created by Jonathan Wallace and Mark Mangan, co-authors of Sex, Laws and Cyberspace, a new book on Internet censorship.
  • Cyber Rights & Cyber Liberties - Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) is a non-profit civil liberties organisation founded on January 10, 1997. Its main purpose is to promote free speech and privacy on the Internet and raise public awareness of these important issues.
  • Federal Communications Commission - This site features news, job postings and other information posted by the Federal Communications Commission.

Journalism

  • Freedom of Information Center. - The Freedom of Information Center at the University of Missouri maintains a home page that features links to information on the freedom of Information Act and related resources.
  • The Nation - The digital edition of the newspaper, The Nation.
  • The Village Voice - The digital edition of the newspaper, The Village Voice.
  • The Chicago Sun Times - The digital edition of the newspaper, The Chicago Sun-Times.
  • PBS Online NewsHour - Jim Lehrer's news hour on-line features news stories and essays.
  • AlterNet Online. - This site features stories from alternative newsweeklies, magazines and web publications from across the country.

Media Literacy

  • America Civil Liberties Union Freedom Network. - This site contains information and articles about the ACLU.
  • Benton Foundation - This is the site for the Benton Foundation, a non-profit agency that promotes the National Information Infrastructure through research and policy analysis, outreach to nonprofits and foundations, and different forms of publishing.
  • Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility - CPSR is a public-interest alliance of computer scientists and others interested in the impact of computer technology on society. This site features links to resources about civil rights issues and computer-related technology.
  • Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) - FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) is a national media watch group offering well-documented criticism in an effort to correct media bias and imbalance. This site features articles by FAIR members as well as links to related resources.
  • Media and Communications Studies - This site is a gateway to Web resources useful in the academic study of media and communication. This site is based in the Department of Education in the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (UWA).
  • Media Literacy On-line Project - This site features a comprehensive resource collection related to the influence of media in the lives of children, youth, and adults.
  • New Mexico Media Literacy Project Online - This site features links to related resources as well as examples of the Project's mission to improve media literacy in the state of New Mexico.
  • Strategies for Media Literacy - From The Aspen Institute Leadership Forum on Media Literacy (1992) and the Canadian Association for Media Literacy, this site defines media literacy and offers links for further exploration.

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